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The Continuity of the Two Han and the New Han Orientation: A Study of Political and Cultural Practice in the Early Eastern Han
China Social Sciences Press · 2025
The Eastern Han was the only dynasty in Chinese history that "founded its rule and unified the realm while carrying on the dynastic name of the preced…
A Brief History of the Tax and Corvée System
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2011
A Brief History of the Tax and Corvée System is an accessible work on institutional history by Professor Xu Dongsheng of the Department of History at …
Liu He, Marquis of Haihun
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2016
The Western Han tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, Jiangxi—one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries of 2015—brought its occupant, Liu…
Great Capitals Without Walls: A Dynamic Reading of China's Ancient Capitals
SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2016
This book is another work by the archaeologist Xu Hong, following The Earliest China and Why China?, in the "Reading Early China" series. The title ph…
History of Imperial China, Volume 1: The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han
CITIC Press · 2016
This is the first volume of the six-volume History of Imperial China. The author, Mark Edward Lewis, is a specialist in ancient Chinese history at Sta…
Don't Laugh, This Is the Real History of the Great Qing
Wuhan Publishing House · 2010
This is the first volume of Wu Man Lan Jiang's series Don't Laugh, This Is the Real History of the Great Qing, originally published under that title a…
History of the Warring States
Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2016
The History of the Warring States is the magnum opus of historian Yang Kuan and a classic in Chinese dynastic history. The book opens at the turn of t…
Compulsory Education Textbook: History, Grade 7, Volume 2
People's Education Press · 2016
This book is the second volume of the compulsory education textbook Chinese History for Grade 7, compiled under the auspices of the Ministry of Educat…
Qing Following Ming: State Governance and Social Change in the Ming and Qing
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2025
This is a monograph by Chen Baoliang, a scholar of Ming-Qing social and cultural history. It is divided into three parts—upper, middle, and lower—with…
History of the Northern Dynasties (Complete in Ten Volumes)
Zhonghua Book Company · 1974
The History of the Northern Dynasties, in one hundred chapters, was compiled by Li Yanshou of the Tang dynasty and is a comprehensive history in the a…
The Secret Sex History Hidden at the Bottom of the Box
Flower City Publishing House · 2011
The Secret Sex History Hidden at the Bottom of the Box is a popular history of sex culture by the writer Cao Kou, published by Huacheng Press in 2011.…
The Basic Annals of the Five Emperors
Northwest University Press · 2019
This volume is the first in the series An Integrated Study of the Records of the Grand Historian: The Twelve Basic Annals and corresponds to Volume 1 …
Popular Uprisings in the Late Ming
China Film Press · 2014
Popular Uprisings in the Late Ming is a monograph on Ming history completed in the 1940s by the economic historian Li Wenzhi and first published aroun…
Buddha's Protection: Popular Faith in the Northern Dynasties as Seen in Donor Inscriptions
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018
This book is the magnum opus of Hou Xudong, professor of history at Tsinghua University, on the Buddhist faith of common people in the Northern Dynast…
The Uncrowned King: Duke Huan of Qi and the Rise of the State of Qi
Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2025
The Spring and Autumn period was the first true age of great-power rivalry in Chinese history, and Duke Huan of Qi was the first to ascend to the posi…
Song Dynasty Civil Officials: An Observation of Song Scholar-Officials Through the Lens of Reform
Modern Press · 2021
This book takes Wang Anshi's reforms as its central observation point, interpreting the spiritual character of the Song civil-official class and the p…
Southern Song Court and Society on Wang Anshi and the New Policies
Orient Publishing Center · 2025
This book is another monograph by Liang Gengyao, professor emeritus of the Department of History at National Taiwan University, following The Reforms …
Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 3
Zhonghua Book Company · 2023
Zizhi Tongjian is a chronological general history compiled under the direction of Sima Guang in the Northern Song dynasty, with the help of his assist…
The Glory of the Great Han: Two Hundred Years of the Western Han Dynasty
Modern Press · 2022
This is a popular history book for general readers about the rise and fall of the Western Han dynasty over two hundred years. Drawing on historical so…
Chen Shunchen on Emperors: Qin Shi Huang + Cao Cao
Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2020
Chen Shunchen on Emperors: Qin Shi Huang + Cao Cao is a collection of two historical figure books, Qin Shi Huang and Cao Cao, by the Chinese-Japanese …